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Patent GB-2555372-A (GB)
Title: Anti-barricade device
Inventor: RICHARD HARRISON
IPC: E06B1/52
Filed: 2016-07-23
Abstract: An anti-barricade system comprises an anti-barricade device 103, a door (101 fig 1) and a door frame 102 to which the anti-barricade device is fitted to an external surface (104 fig 1) of. The anti-barricade device comprises a hinged stop member 105 movable between a first position in which the hinged stop member restricts movement of the door in a first direction and a second position where the hinged stop member permits the door to move in the first direction. A locking mechanism (106 fig 1) maintains the hinged stop member in the first position, the locking mechanism comprises at least two securing devices 301,(302 fig 3) which are relatedly connected to a connecting rod (601 fig 6). A releasing means (802 fig 8) moves the connecting rod to release the securing devices such that the hinged stop member is permitted to move between the first position and the second position. A method of manufacturing an anti-barricade device for a door and a method of fitting such a device to a door are also disclosed.
Patent GB-2553144-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for insertion into a cavity of an object
Inventor: Andrew Norton
IPC: F01D5/00
Filed: 2016-08-26
Abstract: Apparatus for insertion into a cavity of an object, the apparatus comprising a first tube (14) comprising a first end, a second end and a first cavity extending between the first end and the second end. The tube has an aperture (30) at the second end. A plug (16) is coupled to the second end of the first tube and an actuator (18) is configured to move the first tube relative to the object between a first position in which the plug seals the member from the cavity of the object and a second position in which the member is exposed to the cavity of the object. A member may be positioned within the first cavity of the first tube and adjacent the aperture of the first tube, the member being configured to enable an action to be performed. Potential action include inspection, in a manner akin to a borescope, repair or nondestructive examination.
Patent GB-2549556-A (GB)
Title: Improved seperator vanes and methods of manufacture thereof
Inventor: PHILIP RICHARD PENDRILL
IPC: B01D50/00
Filed: 2016-09-13
Abstract: A vane (100) suitable for a separator, comprises a plastics substrate with a surface energy greater than 48 gs-2. The plastic substrate may be a polyvinyl chloride, polypropylene or a composite of plastics and mineral powder and may be subjected to flame treatment or to corona discharge treatment. A plurality of vanes can be combined to form a separator. Also disclosed is a separate invention directed to a method of making a vane for a separator (300, Fig 3) characterised by imparting additional oxygen to the surface of the vane by passing at least one side of the vane (100) over or through a flame or corona discharge. Forming a vane from plastic provides a vane that is light-weight (in comparison to metal separator vanes) and easy to install, while also being highly efficient at removing water from airflow.
Patent GB-2555873-A (GB)
Title: Housing for mounting a transformer to a substrate
Inventor: LEE FRANCIS
IPC: H01F27/02
Filed: 2016-12-23
Abstract: Electronic device which comprises a housing, substrate and transformer and a method of constructing the same, wherein said housing comprises a base with a lower surface for mounting a substrate 24; sidewalls 14 extending from the upper surface of the base to form a closed boundary cavity; and at least one projection extending from the lower surface of the base. The housing is formed monolithically from an electrically insulating material. The projections extend through a gap in the substrate 24 between an input and output circuitry located on the substrate 24, defined as an isolation area. The cavity receives a transformer which comprises a magnetic core 30 and an input 32a and output 32b electrical winding. The input and output circuitry are wound around a portion of the magnetic core 30 and extend from the housing to connect to conductive pads 34a, 34b of the input and output circuitry respectively.
Patent GB-2560938-A (GB)
Title: A voltage-controllable capacitive device, a method for manufacturing such a device and a method for operating such a device and a device of a system
Inventor: FEDERICO GARCIA
IPC: H02J50/12
Filed: 2017-03-29
Abstract: A voltage-controllable capacitive device 1 includes a first dielectric material 2 and at least one further dielectric material 3, wherein at least the permittivity of the first dielectric material is DC voltage-dependent, this voltage dependence of permittivity being different from that of the further dielectric material, wherein the device also includes at least one means 5 for providing a DC voltage to the first dielectric material. The permittivity of the further dielectric material may not be voltage dependant. The dielectric materials may be ceramic. The first dielectric material may be electrically arranged between two further dielectric materials. The device may be provided by a monolithic compound (Fig. 1). The device may comprise separate capacitors 6a 6b 6c including respective first and further dielectric materials. Also claimed are methods for manufacturing and operating said device. The device may be included in a system for inductive power transfer (Fig. 5).
Patent GB-2562224-A (GB)
Title: Heat retention member and method
Inventor: PAUL IAN CHANDLER
IPC: F16L59/00
Filed: 2017-05-08
Abstract: A motor vehicle heat retention member 135S comprises a thermal insulation portion 135SC that at least partially encapsulates a sump portion 121S of a motor vehicle engine 121 to reduce heat loss. An air conduit 135SD has an air inlet 135SDI at a front region of the heat retention member and an air outlet 135SDO at a rear region of the heat retention member. The air inlet receives a flow of ambient air, and the air outlet directs the ambient air to flow upwardly over a rear surface of the engine to cool it. A motor vehicle comprises an engine with the heat retention member. The engine may have a thermal shell portion that at least partially encapsulates the engine and comprises a downwardly directed skirt portion that allows air to flow upwardly or downwardly between the shell portion and the engine.
Patent GB-2565586-A (GB)
Title: Removal and installation tool and tool set
Inventor: LAI-CHENG LIU
IPC: B25B27/073
Filed: 2017-08-18
Abstract: Disclosed is a tool suitable for use in installing or removing bore hole inserts, such as bearings. The tool comprises: a press member 10 having a plurality of first engagement structures of at least two different dimensions; an abutting member 20; a first tubular member 30 having first and second engagement ends respectively configured for selective engagement with two different sets of the plurality of first engagement structures; and a second tubular member 40. The first tubular member 30 disengageably abuts against one of the plurality of first engagement structures of the press, and is further configured for abutment against the insert 101. The second tubular member 40 disengageably abuts against the abutting member 20, and is further configured for abutment against a device 100 in which a bore is located. The press member 10 may have two opposing faces, each face having a plurality of the engagement structures. The plurality of engagement structures may be arranged in a stepped configuration comprised by central and peripheral portions. The tool may further comprise a nut and bolt arrangement 50,51 to apply force to the press member. Also disclosed is a tool set including a plurality of first and second tubular members.
Patent GB-2567003-A (GB)
Title: Tap securing device
Inventor: NICK COONEY
IPC: F16K35/04
Filed: 2017-10-02
Abstract: There is provided a tap securing device 10 comprising an elongate structure 16 formed by a plurality of interconnected rings 12. The elongate structure comprising first and second arms 18, 18’, the first arm located at a first end of the elongate structure and the second arm located at a second end of the elongate structure. The elongate structure is preferably formed from a flexible resilient plastics material as a unitary moulding. The device is used to secure elements of a tap relative to each other and so prevent accidental operation of the tap ensuring the tap cannot be operated inadvertently by children.
Patent GB-2570332-A (GB)
Title: A sensor for measuring a flow of a fluid
Inventor: MALCOLM FINLAY
IPC: G01P5/10
Filed: 2018-01-22
Abstract: Various sensors are disclosed for measuring a flow of a fluid in a physiological environment, such as within a vessel of a human or animal subject. The sensors comprise a light guide arrangement extending from a proximal end to a distal end of the sensor. The light guide arrangement 110-113, 210 is configured to transmit interrogation light 150 to, and receive reflected interrogation light 155 from, the distal end of the sensor. The light guide arrangement also transmits excitation light 160 to the distal end of the sensor for heating the fluid (directly or indirectly). The light guide arrangement may comprise an interrogation light guide and an excitation light guide or an optical fibre configured to provide interrogation light and excitation light. The sensor further comprises a sensing element, located at the distal end of the sensor, comprising at least two etalons (e.g. surfaces 130 + 140 and 140 + 135 each form an etalon) for reflecting interrogation light back along the interrogation light guide towards the proximal end of the sensor. Each etalon has a respective optical path length and further has at least one reflective surface external to the interrogation light guide. The sensing element is configured to be in thermal contact with the fluid such that the optical path length of at least one etalon is dependent on a temperature of the fluid. The reflected interrogation light forms an interferogram which is dependent on the optical path lengths of the respective etalons. Flow speed or flow rate of blood or urine may be determined by measuring change or variation of temperature with time. Pressure may be measured. Composition of the flowing medium may be determined from temperature, e.g. water, lipids, haemoglobin, blood oxygen may be measured. An ultrasound receiver or transmitter may be integrated. Vessel geometry may be determined.
Patent GB-2570010-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle navigation
Inventor: SAI CHAITANYA PINNI
IPC: H04W4/40
Filed: 2018-02-16
Abstract: A vehicle’s location is determined S112 using a receiver and stored mapping data, and a third party’s location is determined S106 using the mapping data and a received signal S104. A destination, other than the third party’s location, is determined S110 depending on a known location that is stored in memory. A route to that destination is determined S114 and indicated S116. The received signal may be an SMS message or email comprising GNSS coordinates. The known location may be a car park or parking space. Several candidate destinations may be ranked prior to selection. Selection criteria for the destination may include availability of parking spaces, proximity to the third party, pedestrian or wheelchair accessibility, vehicle type or size, or prevailing environmental conditions such as weather. An estimated time of arrival (ETA) may be determined and transmitted, and a message may be transmitted to a third party upon arrival.
Patent GB-2557515-A (GB)
Title: Rotary steerable drilling tool and method
Inventor: JIM DARIN TILLEY
IPC: E21B17/00
Filed: 2015-10-12
Abstract: A directional drilling system includes a rotary steerable tool. The rotary steerable tool includes an extendable member configured to extend outwardly from the rotary steerable tool upon actuation, and a geolocation electronics device configured to track a position of the rotary steerable tool and the extendable member and control actuation of the extendable member. The geolocation electronics device and extendable member are configured to rotate with the rotary steerable tool.
Patent GB-2591974-A (GB)
Title: Floor covering and method of manufacture
Inventor: ADRIAN CHARLES MOSLEY
IPC: D06N7/02
Filed: 2018-08-02
Abstract: The floor covering comprises a textile base fabric 120 and a noise attenuating backing 150. The acoustically deadening backing 150 comprises rubber and plastic. The preferred acoustic insulation 150 comprises plastic particles and calcium carbonate in a rubber latex. The particles comprise granules, grains and powder of various sizes of recycled thermosetting material. The preferred backing 150 comprises 25-40 (32%) wt.% rubber, 7-15 (11%) wt.% plastic and 45-60 (57) wt/% calcium carbonate filler. The floor covering is formed by coating the textile with the noise absorbing latex 150.
Patent GB-2566811-A (GB)
Title: Needle handle
Inventor: HUGO GONZALEZ
IPC: A61B10/04
Filed: 2018-08-08
Abstract: A medical device 120 comprising: a needle 140; a needle actuator 128 having an actuator at a proximal end of the needle actuator 128, and a shaft 136 connected to the actuator, the shaft 136 comprising at least three annular grooves 154,160,162; a lumen in the actuator or shaft 136, where the lumen securely receives the needle’s proximal end; a sheath 134 comprising a lumen to receive needle 140; and a handle 126, whose distal end is coupled to the sheath’s proximal end. The handle 126 comprising: a lumen with an annular groove 152 therein; and an O-ring 150 received by the annular groove 152, where the shaft’s grooves 154,160,162 allow O-ring 150 to at least partially seat when the respective groove 154,160,162 is collocated or aligned with the handle’s groove 152. Preferably the first groove 154 comprises physical features producing at least a first audible sound or a first tactile sensation as O-ring 150 seats within or unseats from the first groove 154, and where second groove 160 comprises second physical features producing at least a second audible sound or a second tactile sensation as O-ring 150 seats within or unseats from second groove 160.
Patent GB-2572671-A (GB)
Title: Interface device between sample separation device and mass spectrometer having multiple sample capillaries
Inventor: HANS-PETER ZIMMERMANN
IPC: G01N27/447
Filed: 2019-02-01
Abstract: An interface 100 for providing a fluidic interface between a sample separation device and a mass spectrometer comprises an emitter capillary 104 and a plurality of sample capillaries 106 being movably arranged within the emitter capillary. Each of the sample capillaries may be moved (e.g. using a linear actuator) between an extended activation position, in which a sample outlet opening 108 of the capillary is arranged at an emission opening 110 of the emitter capillary, and a retracted deactivation position, in which the sample outlet opening is retracted with regards to the emission opening. Each sample capillary may be connected to a different sample separation device for alternating operation of the sample capillaries. A sheath fluid may be supplied using a sheath fluid capillary 112 within the emitter capillary or a sheath fluid supply conduit (151, figure 7). The invention may increase sample throughout and is particularly applicable to capillary electrophoresis (CE) separation coupled with electrospray ionisation (ESI).
Patent GB-2583919-A (GB)
Title: A method and furnace for producing biochar
Inventor: ANTHONY ASLETT
IPC: F27B1/00
Filed: 2019-05-10
Abstract: A method of producing biochar by pyrolysis of biomass feedstock, including invasive weeds such as Japanese knotweed, comprises the steps of heating the biomass feedstock within a furnace chamber, and sealing the furnace chamber such that gases can only exit the furnace chamber via a release outlet or to a combustion chamber. Gas from the furnace chamber is then released through the release outlet and whether the released gas is combustible is tested. When the released gas is combustible, the release outlet is sealed, and gases emitted from the furnace chamber subsequently pass to the combustion chamber where they are combusted to further heat the furnace chamber. The contents of the furnace chamber are subsequently allowed to cool.
Patent GB-2572702-A (GB)
Title: Lateral power transistor comprising filled vertical nano- or micro-holes and manufacture thereof
Inventor: JOHN WOOD
IPC: H01L29/06
Filed: 2017-12-12
Abstract: A lateral power transistor formed in a portion of a semiconductor wafer, wherein through-holes of micro- or nanoscale size extend through the wafer, to provide the location of doped regions that extend from and around the through-holes throughout the thickness of the wafer and form terminal regions (12, 14) of the transistor, and lateral conduction paths (16) between said regions. Devices according to the invention are not restricted in volume by the usual depth limitation of conventional lateral and vertical power devices related to diffusion depth and breakdown voltage respectively. The invention is useful for BJT or JFET constructions and for one or more power transistor on a single monolithic construction.
Patent GB-2589823-A (GB)
Title: Modular conduit-connector apparatus
Inventor: Timothy Charlesworth
IPC: F16L47/06
Filed: 2019-09-23
Abstract: A modular conduit-connector apparatus 10 for connecting a linear-drainage conduit such as a slot drain 20 to a drainage conduit 54. The apparatus comprises a first chamber unit 12, 412 having a first conduit receiver 18, a second chamber unit 14, 414 having a second conduit receiver 52. The first chamber unit 12, 412 and the second chamber unit 14, 414 are connectable so that the first and second chamber units are stackable, liquidly communicable and so that an angular offset between the first conduit receiver 18 and the second conduit receiver 52 is selectable. The system may include a sump unit 16 connectable to the first or second chamber units 12, 14, 412, 414 so that it is liquidly communicable with any of first and second chamber units 12, 14, 412, 414, 415. The chambers may be interchangeably stackable. The chambers may allow for the angular offset to be from a continuous angular range. The conduit receivers may have blanking plates with cutting guides to allow for different sized or shaped conduits to be connected
Patent GB-2580213-A (GB)
Title: Heating element
Inventor: Ariel Atkins
IPC: A24F40/46
Filed: 2019-10-15
Abstract: A heating element for a vaporizer cartridge is provided. The vaporizer cartridge may include a reservoir containing vaporizable material and a wicking element in fluid communication with the reservoir. The heating element may include a heating portion, a cartridge contact, and a leg. The heating portion includes at least two tines spaced apart from one another. The cartridge contact may be in in electrical communication with a power source. The leg extends between the heating portion and the cartridge contact. The heating portion may be crimped around the wicking element such that the heating portion secures the wicking element to the heating element and contacts at least two surfaces of the wicking element.
Patent GB-2592183-A (GB)
Title: A radiotherapy apparatus for delivering radiation to a subject
Inventor: Henrik Alexis
IPC: A61N5/10
Filed: 2019-12-18
Abstract: A radiotherapy apparatus comprising a source of radiation configured to rotate about an isocentre 124 and emit radiation in a radiation plane containing said isocentre 124. The apparatus also comprises a subject support surface 114 configured such that a portion of the subject support surface can be located substantially at the isocentre with a rotation mechanism configured to rotate the subject support surface 114 about an axis of rotation that passes through the isocentre 124. The subject support surface rotation mechanism is located outside the radiation plane. The support surface 114 has vertical displacement sensors to allow recalibration to account for any flexing of the support surface 114 when a patient 140 is laid upon it.
Patent GB-2591448-A (GB)
Title: System and method for improving efficiency of vertical axis wind turbines for all wind directions
Inventor: PANAYIOTIS PHILIMIS
IPC: F03D7/06
Filed: 2020-01-08
Abstract: A system and method for improving efficiency of vertical axis wind turbines for all wind directions, comprising an inlet convergent section 1, a wind turbine section 2 adjacent to exit of convergent section and an outlet divergent section 3. The system provides an air passage through the inlet section, the wind turbine 21 and the outlet section, and allows for variation of the inlet and outlet depending on wind direction, in order to maximize efficiency harnessed within a time interval in accordance to wind direction and wind speed. Side panels 10, 30 may be rotated and extended to maximise the area of the inlet/outlet.
Patent GB-2590087-A (GB)
Title: In-source reduction of biomolecules and their analysis by ION mobility MS/MS
Inventor: STEVAN BAJIC
IPC: H01J49/14
Filed: 2018-04-13
Abstract: A method of ionising a sample is disclosed comprising nebulising a sample which And directing the stream of droplets or charged droplets so as to pass through an electric field without substantially impacting the electrode, the electrode being arranged downstream of a nebuliser or electrospray probe 1and an ion inlet 4 of a mass spectrometer wherein a first voltage applied to the nebuliser or electrospray probe is 3-6 kV and the electrode 2 is grounded.
Patent GB-2597760-A (GB)
Title: Electroactive materials for metal-ion batteries
Inventor: CHARLES A MASON
IPC: H01M4/66
Filed: 2020-08-03
Abstract: A particulate material comprises a plurality of composite particles, wherein the composite particles comprise: (a) a porous carbon framework including micropores and mesopores having a total pore volume of 0.5 to 1.5 cm3/g, a PD90 pore diameter between 3 and 12 nm, and a micropore volume fraction between 0.43 and 0.85 (based on the total pore volume of micropores and mesopores); and (b) a plurality of nanoscale silicon domains located within the micropores and mesopores of the framework. The particulate material comprises from 25 to 65 wt% silicon and at least 20 wt% of the silicon is characterized as surface silicon by thermogravimetric analysis. The composite particles are preferably obtained by chemical vapour infiltration of a silicon-containing precursor into the pore structure of the carbon framework. This method comprises contacting the porous carbon particles with a gas comprising 0.5 to 20 vol% of a silicon precursor gas at a temperature from 400 to 700 °C. The particulate material is electroactive and preferably forms part of a composition for an anode of a Li-ion battery.
Patent GB-2585528-A (GB)
Title: Pump assembly
Inventor: CURTIS W DIETZSCH
IPC: F04B53/22
Filed: 2020-01-28
Abstract: A pump assembly includes a pump and a base. The pump has mounts located at multiple positions on the pump to effect different configurations of the assembly. Each mount includes two engagements spaced apart on the pump. The base has a retainer constructed to slidably engage one engagement and a seat constructed to support the other engagement. The seat has a socket with two holes extending into the base. A bracket includes a jaw engageable with the second engagement and two locking pins extending from the bracket for sliding engagement with the socket. The locking pins retain the bracket and jaw from moving away from the base. A fastener engages the bracket with the base so the two locking pins cannot slidably disengage the socket.